Wire hinge.



4 PATENTED DEC. 25, 1906. w. G., w. B. & J. L. POWELL.

WIRE HINGE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 3. 190a.

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PATENT oEEIGE.

WILLIAM B; POWELL, ANn J'AMEs- L. POWELL, OF SHADELAND, PENNSYLVANIA.

WIRE HINGE.

. Be it known that we, WATKIN .G.,PowELL, WILLI'AM'B. POWELL, and'JAMEs L. PowELL, citizens of the United States,,residing at ShadeIand, fin the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Wire Hinges, .of which the following is" a specification. 1 v i Our. invention relates to improvements in hinges for doors, gates, windows, boxes, &c., in which wire is employed to construct the members orparts of the hinge; and some of the objects-of our improvement are, first, to

than the ordinary leaf-hinge; fourth, to provide against rust due to accumulation of water. or moisture. about the. pintle ,or other parts fifth, to provide suflicient elasticity for allparts to compensate for anythingwhich may becaught between door and -door-post and prevent breakage of hinge, and, sixth, to

provide against the strain resulting in withdrawal of the. nails or screws. We attain these objects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 isa' front elevation of the hinge applied to door and post. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a rear elevationwith the door partially open.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

ieces of'wire, preferably galvanized and of ength and size suitable for the purpose of the hinge and near their middle bent to form the eyesa and b. The parts of the Wire ala and b bare forked at an acute angle and at a suitable distance from the eyes are intercoiled around a double-headed pintle P in the same direction, as shown at a a and 5 b The respective ends a a and b b are extended from the opposite ends of the pintle in the same direction and lane with their respective parts-a a and E b and bent'twioe and inopposite directions to form the eyes a a a a? and b b b If. The construction described. thus far forms the hinge members A Specification-of Letters Patent. .A pplication' filedFebruary 3, 1906. Serial No. 299,345."

In constructing the hinge we employ two 'PatezitedDe'e.25,1906.

and B, which ar'e'to beseciiiedtq' the outside of door and post X and Y, Two shorter pieces O'and D of the same' kind" of wireaie similarly intercoiled about the pintle b'e-- tween the coils 1 0 and 12 5 and their'eiiiis' are bent to formthetwin eyes do? a c 'and d d d d similar to the eye'sa a iand 'b bi The four sections of the hinge thus constructed are retained upon the pintle by the integral heads p 1) thereof, and the method of construction employed-that .is, coiling the members about the pintle instead of passing the pintle through coils already formedpermits the use of a pintle made with integral heads on the ends. This avoids the use of a nut or other easily-displaced retaining device or upsetting of the end to form a sort of head, the object being to do away with tools in the hanging of this hinge where possible. This hinge is secured to the door and post by nails or screws, preferably nails, as shown in the drawings at n. The members A and B are secured upon the outside, and the eyes of parts C and D are secured upon the abutting edges of the door and post, the edges being suitably recessed, as at w and y, to accommodate the same.

By the construction thus described the strain or ull of the door, gate, or whatever is hung is a ways at right angles or transverse to the nails or screws which hold the hinge in lace and never pulls longitudinally on them. vhen the door, for example, is closed, the weight exerts its effect transversely upon the nails or screws on the outside of door and post, and when open the strain is exerted transversely on the fastening devices, whether nails or screws, in the edge of door and post. When the door is just ajar-or standing at an angle to the post, the strain is divided between the fastening devices in the edges of door and post and on the outside and is therefore still transversely of each nail or screw. This hinge may be quickly attached without much labor, nails and hammer only being employed, andwhen in place presents a very neat appearance. Water accumulating in an ordinary hinge will quickly dry out of this hinge, and thereby prevent rusting.

The construction of the twin eyes to receive two fastening devices prevents the lateral strain from displacing them, as the S- shaped design forms a'staple of the end of the wire and prevents the same from straightening out. Another feature of the invention is the increased amount of wearing and bearing surface provided by the coils around the pintle, and as these present no angular edges contacting with each other the life of the hinge is prolonged. Many other objects and advantages over the ordinary hinge will become apparent from the drawings.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is'

In a wire hinge, the combination with a pintle, of two members pivotally attached thereto, said members being extended out- .Ward from the pintle and bent to form eyesfor the reception of fastening devices, the ends of said members being extended each a shorter distance and in the same plane with their middle portions and bent substantially S-shaped to form twin eyes for the re- 20 ception of fastening devices, two independent members pivotally attached to said pintle and adapted to be set at ri ht angles to the firstmentioned members w 1en the hin e is hung, the ends of said independent mem ers bein extended from the pintle a short distance am bent substantially S-shaped to form twin eyes for the reception of fastening devices, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof we aflix our signa- 3o tures in presence of two witnesses.

WATKIN G. POWELL. WILLIAM B. POWELL. JAMES L. POWELL.

Witnesses:

WALTER J. SxEELs, ROBERT W. PATTON. 

